What does it mean to dream about bacon?
Bacon often pictures hearty comfort, indulgence, and the earnings that keep a household fed.
Four ways to read it
Each reading below comes from a named tradition and a cited source, so you can see where it came from and decide what fits your dream.
Freud
Freud would read bacon as a rich, savoury indulgence, fat and salt that strongly please the mouth. It can carry an appetite for comfort and reward. The craving for it may point to a hunger for plain, satisfying pleasure.
After Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (Brill trans., 1913), public domain.Jung
Jung might see bacon, by way of the old phrase about bringing it home, as an emblem of provision and what is earned. It can mark the rewards of work or the comforts of a settled home. Your own sense of plenty and reward is worth asking about.
Jungian concept (our summary).Modern
Continuity ties bacon to waking thoughts of breakfast, treats, and earning a living. It may follow a hearty meal or a thought about providing. Whether it felt indulgent or guilty can colour the meaning.
Continuity hypothesis (our summary).Mythological
The cured pig joins the old feast foods of the farming year, the household meat laid by for winter plenty. In folk custom the flitch of bacon was even awarded to faithful married couples, a homely emblem of contentment.
Rosmerta Publishing editorial synthesis (after Frazer; Brewer).